Ep. 75 – Lost spirit and forgotten cocktail – The Brooklyn Cocktail

Don’t sleep on the Brooklyn cocktail! This riff on a Manhattan is a classic that deserves some attention. However, there is a small problem to overcome. A primary ingredient cannot be found here in the US and there is no way to make the original, until now. Uncle Brad gives us a great stand-in recipie, with a Jules riff of course, and teaches us how to make the Amer Picon that made this drink so magical – so stick around for todays history lesson for that recipe.     Brooklyn Cocktail (today’s version and most commonly accepted)  Chill a coupe glass  In your mxing glass add:  2 oz Rye whiskey  1 oz Dry vermouth  ¼ oz Maraschino liqueur  ¼ oz China China (unless you’ve smuggled Amer Picon from France)    Brooklyn recipe, OG style according to David Wondrich  1 ½ oz Straight Rye, 100 proof  1 ½ oz Italian sweet vermouth (Bordiga Rosso)  1/6 oz Amer Picon (see recipe for Amer Boudreau)  1/6 oz Maraschino liqueur   1/3 oz chilled water    Amer Boudreau  3 bottles of Amaro Ramazzotti  7.5 cups orange tincture (see recipe)  9 oz of Stirrings Blood Orange Bitters  750 ml Evian water  Place all ingredients into a contain, stir, and cover.  Allow to sit for 1 week  Filter and bottle  Keep excess refridgerated    Orange Tincture  2 liter ball jars  Fill to 375 ml line with dried orange peel  Add 1 bottle (750 ml) of 100 proof vodka to each jar (1 bottle per jar)  Let sit for 2 months  Strain and filter into storage container or use in Amer Boudreau above      TIP: Kimberwee1 – asked for more tips on making drinks for parties    The Art of Drinking  IG: @theartofdrinkingpodcast     Jules  IG: @join_jules  TikTok: @join_jules   Website: joinjules.com    Brad   IG: @favorite_uncle_brad    This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast  IG: @reddrockmusic  www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices